The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-27
And 50 l hear that your marriage is
postponed, my dear
My heart sank down like lead.
who informed your | asked, quiz

who informed your L asked, qui
city.
Your intended bridegroom, Mr.. Har
ry Hatton, himself Is it not trueT'
Perfectly true answered.
And postponed until when9"
Indefinitely"
Iwrote the same day TO Harry
You desire your freedom take it
You viii never be called upon TO fulfil
your engagement with me-"
And be took me at my word
He called, certainly, and made a pre-
tense of explanation and regret. The al
most entire loss of my fortune had infiu.
eneed his father, not himself but my
brothers conduct
Istopped him there.
@Tom was innocent ! said "and
what he lost have restored Y on have
acknowledged that there vas nothing
wrong in his accounts. You need seek
no excuse in mis- conduct, sir"
He lost his temper,
I" Do you excuse his destruction of an
innocent girl, and abandonment of her
and her child?'' he said.
With one quick movement / threw
open the folding doors, and showed him
( Eva and her son.
ALLOW me to introduce you TO my
brothers wife and child, whom he left in
my protection
But his words had made me uneasy.
That evening, seated with the baby on
/ my lap, asked Eva where she had been
married
Alas she cried, 9 if | only knew
Tom took me to church in a carriage Il
! was in this very city, but | don't know
where 1t was because had no certifi-
cate of my marriage, that dare not go
to my brother-my dear, noble brother
who has struggled so hard, and made
himself, unaided, an honorable position
and name know that cruel SANDER
concerning me has been carried to him
that must almost have broken his
I heart"
took her hands away from her face
and kissed her.
Well find the church, . ! said There
must be no SANDER about my dear broth
er's WIFE
And | did find it, after few DAYS
search. Then got John Robinson's adj
dress-he was a lawyer, found-and re
quested him TO call on me-
He came, wonderfully grave, hand
some man, with something singularly
manly and impressive about him In
my heart thought:
g No wonder Eva wept at thought of
his displeasure. He is worth pleasing,
surely
took him to the parlor.
81 wish TO reconcile you TO your sis
ter" ! said. " She is my brothers wife,
Then left them together. After an
hour or more, Eva came for me.
John wants to SAY goodbye before he
goes, said she.
lie took my hand in his, and looked
into my eyes
You are good woman he said, ear
nestly. May God bless you, and make
you as truly happy as you have to-day
made mer'
There was something in his mere look
and tone-strength, truth, thorough
reliability-that gave me comfort, some
how, found myselfthinking;
" If it had been my fate to love such
man as that, should be nearer happi-
ness than am to-day"
But l kept my thoughts TO myself.
Only from that hour was sensible that
regretted my lost hopes and happiness
for their own sake. far more than
mourned for the false lover on whom
they were founded.
One week later all my property vas
sold | had paid off Toms debts; and,
accompanied by his wife and child, join
ed him in distant home.
There we began life anew. | had
small income still, and Tom obtained
lucrative position. The lesson of the past
was not lost upon him. The sacrifice |
had made was not i'll vain. Dear Tom
was changed man-changed for the
better. Whatever | had lost, had been
his gain
And what had lost? The money /
counted less than nothing : and Harry
Hattons love was not worth q regret
What was it, then sighed for the trust
betrayed--the glamour and illusion gone
from life so early
"Oh, to be well and truly loved,"
thought. And then-my thoughts never
went back to Harry.
Another filed them. Strange impress
sion that man had made upon me seen
only once, never to be forgotten. /
thought of him constantly and heard !
from him. through Eva, every now and /
then
what is your brothers wife like, /
Eva ~ asked her once, just to try her. |
He has none," she answered Il
know what should wish her to be ike, |
though
And her eyes dwelt ON me in way
that made my tell-tale color rise.
A few days afterwar,i she came to ME
laughing.
. 1 told John Of your question. and only |
hear what he says"
She read aloud
"Tell Lydia my wife (that is to be, | I
hope,) resides in your city. hope to 1
visit YOU before long, and introduce her
10 you."
And he did With the merry Christ I
mas season John came. I think that was
the very happiest season of my life. OF /.
course u guess how it all ended. !
smile now, looking back and remember
ing that | fancied once | loved another
than John.
That was dream, but this reality. All I
my sacrifices have been well repaid. and
all my loss was gain | realize that every
time hear pretty Eva speak of meas
first spoke of her-as "my brothers
wife,
He Heard it.
Boy y called Il patrolman on Antoine